The election result data we hold includes over two hundred
party labels, so we have simplified them to these seven
simple categories.
Of course, most candidates in most elections, and almost every
candidate who won, was standing for one of the main parties,
but an enormous range of labels have been used by one or two
candidates.
These groupings have been defined based almost entirely on the
party labels, rather than detailed research into party policies,
but including words like 'Labour' or 'Conservative' in
yo...

ur party label says a lot about where you stand, and even
more about the people voting for you.
'Left' means broadly speaking candidates to the left of the
Liberal or Labour parties, 'Right' candidates to the right of
the Conservatives.
'Nationalist' means any kind of nationalist, even for
the Isle of Wight.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth,
Glasgow North BCon through time |
Political Life Statistics |
Groupings of Political Parties,
A Vision of Britain through Time.